Re: Ammunition for shows??

["saalexander2000" <stuartalexander@xxxx>]

At least DeLorean produced a decent car with the money. British Leyland 
produced......... the Maestro

Stuart

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--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "claire_usher71" <claire@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I dont know about you, but I get really fed up at shows of people 
> going on about the amount of money the government of the time poured 
> into to DeLorean project and trying to justify the cars existence.
> 
> I often quote 'and what about British Leyland' when people say this, 
> but I've done some research this afternoon and come up with the 
> following which you can feel free to quote when you get jibes about 
> taxpayers money:
> 
> Railtrack - £2 billion +
> 
> Channel Tunnel and Rail-link - £9 billion +
> 
> Millennium Dome - £940 million
> 
> British Aerospace - £500 million
> 
> I'm sure there are plenty more, but it doesnt make the money invested 
> into DeLorean look too significant now, does it?
> 
> Smug Claire
> #2292 'Flopsy'